Dangar

24th May 2021

Cruis'n World

Other mistake: In France, the road passes the Eiffel Tower and the Arc de Triomphe twice. After the first sighting, the road runs quite in a straight line with slight left-right turns only, so it couldn't hit the same landmark twice during the race. It's not uncommon to see numerous re-used scenery pieces in Cruis'n games (it's an arcade title after all) but replicating such unique assets as well is a bit lazy, even from Midway.

Dangar

Sniper Elite: Nazi Zombie Army trivia picture

Trivia: 'City of Ashes': in the hospital scene, there is a board on the wall with the names Dr J. Mengele, Dr W. Heisenberg and Dr G. Rasputin listed, referring to the infamous Nazi-German doctor/anthropologist, Joseph Mengele, German nuclear scientist, Werner Heisenberg, and Russian monk/witchdoctor, Grigorij Rasputin.

Dangar

20th May 2021

Underwater (2020)

Stupidity: Norah is an experienced engineer and handywoman, still, she doesn't even bother herself for a second to at least TRY to fix the faulty escape pod.

Dangar

16th May 2021

Murdoch Mysteries (2008)

Murdoch Mysteries mistake picture

The Talking Dead - S11-E10

Continuity mistake: When Murdoch and Crabtree arrive to the fairground to apprehend Agnes, they lean their bikes against the "annual fair" banner stretched on a handrail. The camera shows the detective and the constable from behind, making visible that the weight of the bikes make the banner to ruck down significantly. However, when the next cut shows them frontwise, the banner is in neutral position. (00:40:30)

Dangar

Show generally

Question: Why does Murdoch's bike not have a ring bell or horn? He is often seen cycling through the busy streets at high speed to arrive on a scene ASAP but never uses any sound warning apart from yelling occasionally - which looks pretty awkward for an official person.

Dangar

Answer: It's certainly a personal choice about using one, and probably similar to how some people refuse to wear a helmet or forego other safety equipment. Most bells and horns on bikes are not very loud and probably wouldn't be heard in busy traffic, making them mostly ineffective. Murdoch would likely still yell, even if he had a bell or horn.

raywest

Question: Is it really possible that the guards left Andy's cell completely unchecked after his deal with Norton? I mean, no all round inspections, structural maintenance or even repainting - anything that would have revealed his escape plan at once - for 20 straight years?

Dangar

Answer: The prison is known to be corrupt and thus maintenance would be at a bare minimum. Prison guards rarely actually go into the cells unless there is concrete information of a smuggled item etc. Andy was well liked by most of the inmates so no-one would really snitch on him. He was also working for Norton so his cell had a lot of things a prison cell should not have - books, the poster, the rock collection, a table etc. Red narrates that Andy worked for so long to escape, working in small increments, chipping away bit by bit and dumping the dirt outside. Guards, managers etc would change over 20 years and nothing happened that would warrant a renovation.

Answer: Well they probably did do inspections, but of the common things like the mattress and toilet. They don't check behind the poster, I think most try their best to ignore it. None of the guards expected he was making a hole behind it, since that's not possible, in their eyes. I hardly doubt they paint (or plaster) a cell that's occupied by an inmate. And the construction work is so expensive and time-consuming, they don't do structural maintenance unless it's really necessary (meaning when something falls off).

lionhead

7th May 2021

The Naked Gun (1988)

Question: Why does the snitch at the pier claim that Nordburg was a dirty cop?

Dangar

Answer: Because Nordberg was working undercover in Ludwig's organization; not knowing this, the snitch would only see him working with Ludwig's crew, and would thus believe he was dirty.

7th May 2021

Underwater (2020)

Question: A helmet that is built to withstand thousands of PSI can really be broken by a few slams with a fire extinguisher?

Dangar

Answer: The helmet is designed to withstand immense pressure that is equally distributed over its entire surface. Direct blunt-force impacts by a hard metal object like a fire extinguisher may compromise the structural integrity.

raywest

Continuity mistake: During the events of 'City of Ashes', you can sleep a little in the survivors' headquarters on a designated bed, that triggers a short, surreal nightmare-sequence. Now, if you use your guns or explosives within the dream, the ammo loss will be present even after your character wakes up - it makes no sense.

Dangar

1st May 2021

Grand Theft Auto III

Factual error: Liberty City is a fictional place but it is situated in the real USA. Despite that, the digital temperature clocks in Bedford Point Square display the temp in Celsius. The American temperature unit is Fahrenheit, not Celsius.

Dangar

Other mistake: In 'Tower of Hellfire', the headlights of the trucks parked outside of the fortress form no shadow of characters, like they normally do.

Dangar

27th Apr 2021

Underwater (2020)

Other mistake: The Kepler's energy core is a huge nuclear reactor. It can easily obliterate the whole station so its accessibility should be protected by all kinds of fail-safe systems and high level security protocols, yet, Norah - a simple mechanic - can fire it up and overcharge it without any password, keycard, identification method or such, only by pressing a few buttons, then 'space' (not even 'enter'). There is not even a confirmation process before switching the reactor to terminal overload.

Dangar

27th Apr 2021

Underwater (2020)

Other mistake: The station's escape pods are not too big but surely big enough for 2 slim woman - a possible weight limitation is out of question as well. They could easily use it together and survive, so Norah's self-sacrifice makes no sense at all. Besides, what if all 6 crew members make it to the pod hub? Rock, paper, scissors?

Dangar

26th Apr 2021

Dead Space 2

Other mistake: If the player ends up being caught by the Naomi ghost during the final bossfight, it possesses Isaac, making him to shoot himself in the head with the javelin gun, killing him instantly. However, the health indicator on the back of his RIG suit doesn't react. Isaac can be seen collapsing dead but the indicator lights are still on like nothing happened to him, despite the fatal trauma.

Dangar

Question: If John is so concerned about how the Terminator kill humans, why he didn't add "don't kill anyone" to its directives before sending it back in time?

Dangar

Answer: Because only young John Connor is concerned about that, not the future John Connor that sent the terminator back. Future John Connor wants the terminator to do everything it can to protect his younger self.

lionhead

Answer: Older John Connor lives in a universe where most of humanity is dead but the survivors are all united against Skynet. He likely knew that humans in the past might even side against the Terminator, so he did not reprogram it not to kill, as saving his past self is priority. The T-1000 was also a human infiltrator so the T-800 had to get ready to kill something that looked human. Also, according to side canon the T-800 was sent back immediately after the T-1000 was sent as Tech Com finally defeated Skynet, so there might not have been time to fully reprogram the T-800 beyond its mission.

22nd Apr 2021

Formula One 99

Trivia: You can spot a familiar name during the credits roll in the 'special thanks' section: Jenson Button. Interestingly, the British wasn't an actual F1 driver back in 1999 - he started his career in Formula 1 the next year.

Dangar

21st Apr 2021

SSX On Tour

Bug: On rare occasions, your edited character's face (Asian male) can get glitched out during the first run, like he's been beaten up and bruised. (encountered on PS2).

Dangar

21st Apr 2021

Driver 2

Continuity mistake: Some of the missions - unintentionally - let Tanner switch cars if the player is quick enough (by stopping at red lights and swiftly jumping into another stationary vehicle, for example) and leave the default vehicle behind. Still, in the following CG cutscene, it's always the default/generic car that can be seen.

Dangar

20th Apr 2021

Murdoch Mysteries (2008)

The Incurables - S8-E13

Continuity mistake: Shortly after arriving to the crime scene, Murdoch instructs Crabtree to collect the fingerprints of the asylum patients - but the women in the institute were arrested before (most of them by Murdoch himself) so their fingerprints should've been collected already. It's pointless collecting them again.

Dangar

19th Apr 2021

Into the Wild (2007)

Question: Chris didn't take any ID or such with him. It's OK that he could work with the country guys, but how could he get an "official" job in a fast food restaurant without any identification document or card?

Dangar

Answer: Chris probably knew what his Social Security Number was, and providing this could be enough to legitimately get him on the payroll. The people he worked for along the way could have been used as references. It is also possible that he was able to get a transcript and/or other documentation from Emory University; maybe a phone call to check if he graduated was more than enough. Christopher was also somewhat older and educated/ intelligent than others seeking such employment - in his early 20s compared to high school kids - which may have given him an advantage. There was probably a high job turnover rate among the employees, making it easier to get hired. Fast food restaurants tend to hire people from all walks of life, many who do not have much, if any, formal education or prior job experience; they often hire whoever applies.

KeyZOid

Not entirely disagreeing with your answer, but having worked at a university, I can say that someone cannot simply make a phone call to obtain a student's academic information, even their own. A 1974 U.S. federal law (FERPA) protects student privacy. Every school is different, but there is usually a process requiring identification, paperwork, and signatures to prove identity. As Chris had left all his I.D. behind, it would take some time for him to get any college information, particularly from a school in another state.

raywest

Answer: In real life, his sister Carine recovered his backpack, which had been taken and kept by a man immediately after Chris died. In it was his wallet, along with his SS card and other important documents.

Answer: One possibility is that it wasn't an "official" job and his boss was paying him 'under the table' (unreported employment). It is illegal, but it's more profitable for an employer to avoid reporting anything to the federal government, disregard regulations, not pay the usual employee taxes, benefits, etc.

raywest

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